Pavel Kotov and Benoit Paire will face off in the qualifications of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:45 pm on PISTA RAFA NADAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pavel Kotov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pavel Kotov is the pick to win this match.
Pavel Kotov -> 1.55
Benoit Paire -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Benoit Paire
There is no head to head record between Pavel Kotov and Benoit Paire since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Pavel Kotov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-15 | 4-6 | 11-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-32 | 13-14 | 20-12 | 9-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-20 | 5-3 | 20-9 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 5-5 | 7-11 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 103, Pavel reached the qualifications after beating Matteo Gigante 3-6 7-63 6-4.
In the qualifications against Gigante, Kotov recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-63 6-4).During the match, Kotov scored less points (2) than Gigante. In fact, the world no. 103 won 104 points vs Gigante’s. That means that Kotov was more focused during the important points. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kotov fired 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Pavel Kotov lost the serve 6 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Kotov put 65% of his first serves in, winning 68% (48/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 34% (13/38) on the 2nd serve. Pavel broke Gigante 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Kotov has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (221-139). 4-2 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kotov has a compiled94-61 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Kotov’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Marrakech.
The Russian has an overall 14-11 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Kotov has never competed in this tournament before.
Benoit Paire
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-19 | 3-6 | 0-6 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-38 | 13-12 | 27-17 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 7-13 | 6-14 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 14-32 | 6-12 | 7-13 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-13 | 8-6 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 163, Benoit got to the qualifications after defeating Oriol Roca Batalla 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Benoit had a good straight sets win against Roca Batalla (6-4 6-4). During the match Paire scored 66 points vs Roca Batalla’s 55. Paire was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Paire recorded 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Benoit Paire lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Paire put 50% of his first serves in, winning 82% (23/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (10/28) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Roca Batalla 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Puerto Vallarta Challenger where he beat Yuta Shimizu in the final 3-6 6-0 6-2.
Benoit has a compiled 14-13 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2016. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kotov | Paire |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 20 |
| Pts | 104-106 | 66-55 |
| Total Points | 210 | 121 |
| Winners | 48 | 23 |
| %Winners | 46% | 35% |
Both Kotov and Paire played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Pavel Kotov surrendered 1 set while Benoit Paire hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kotov has played 1 set more than Paire (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kotov played 12 games more than Paire. Kotov scored 48 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The French player bagged 23 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kotov | Paire |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 4 |
| 1st in | 71/109 | 28/56 |
| %1st in | 65% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 48/71 | 23/28 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 13/38 | 10/28 |
| %2nd pts | 34% | 36% |
Kotov scored 9 aces . Paire bagged 4 aces . Kotov won 68% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 34% of the points. On the other side, Paire won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 36% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kotov | Paire |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 46% | 67% |
| Conceded | 17 | 5 |
| Saved | 11 | 1 |
| % Saved | 65% | 20% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 |
Kotov broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Kotov lost his serve 6 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded. Paire broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kotov | |||
| Q1 Gigante |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-63 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 104-106 | 104-106 | |
| Total points | 210 | 210 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 71/109 | 71/109 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 48/71 | 48/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/38 | 13/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 34% | 34% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 17 | |
| Saved | 11/17 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 65% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Paire | |||
| Q1 Roca Batalla |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 66-55 | 66-55 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/56 | 28/56 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 23/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/28 | 10/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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